1834 - Thomas Davenport of Vermont developed the first real electric motor ('real' meaning powerful enough to do a task) although Joseph Henry and Michael Faraday created early motion devices using electromagnetic fields.
Below is a more detailed usage of operating systems according to age group: 18 to 34 years old. Of all the smartphone users, 50% use Android as operating system, 43% use iPhone, 39% use Microsoft and 38% use RIM. Apparently, more users prefer Android.
An operating system is a computer program that acts as an intermediary between a user of a computer and the computer hardware. In the 1950s, the programmer, who was also the operator, would write a program and run it.